Sports bag with chair device

ABSTRACT

The sports bag with chair device provides a rigid front connected to a pliable rear, a top spaced apart from a bottom, and a pair of spaced apart sides, a top handle disposed within the top pliable rear, a pair of spaced apart wheels disposed on the rigid front bottom, the wheels extended forwardly from the front, an upper compartment disposed within the pliable rear top, a lower compartment disposed rearwardly and downwardly within the pliable rear, a closure selectively closing each compartment, a recess disposed about midway within the rigid front, a pivoted chair disposed within the recess, the pivoted chair selectively positioned within and without the recess, and a pair of spaced apart telescopic legs pivotally affixed forwardly and downwardly on the pivoted chair.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61504396 filed on Jul. 5, 2011

FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

Not Applicable

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISK

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Sports bags have become quite popular, and a bag particularly bestsuited to baseball has been needed. What has been needed is a rollablesports bag that can stand on its own and that incorporates a chair thancan pivotally retreat, and compartmentalized storage within the bag alsothat is especially suited to baseball use. The present device uniquelyprovides these and other features.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The sports bag with chair device relates to sports bags and moreespecially to a bag that stands on its own, has room for baseball bats,and also has an integral, pivoting chair.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The general purpose of the sports bag with chair device, describedsubsequently in greater detail, is to provide a sports bag with chairdevice which has many novel features that result in an improved sportsbag with chair device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious,suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combinationthereof.

To attain this, the sports bag with chair device provides a bag thatselectively provides an outwardly pivoting chair. The device also standson its own. The chair selectively pivots from the device front, which isrigid for self support and for chair support. The remaining interior ofthe device has separate compartments for use as a sports bag and a bagdevice that is especially suited to baseball.

The downward position of the pivoting chair may also provide for thechair to have an extension angle of about 100-110 degrees downwardlyfrom the rigid front. With the greater pivot angle provided, pivotedrear supports may also be provided. In this way, a user may enjoy aslightly reclined seating position on the chair while being assured ofno backward tip.

Compartments may employ various appropriate form of closure that includebut are not limited to hook and loop, snaps, zippers, buttons, hooks,and any number of other appropriate closures. The top of the pliablerear has a taper, to aid in device upright stance stability due tocenter of gravity. The sides each have an upwardly tapered rigid sidepanel to support the pivoted rear supports and also to support the massof objects selectively contained in the compartments. The spaced apartwheels may importantly be positioned forwardly from the rigid frontbottom for best stability in wheeled transport of the device. Failure toposition the wheels so may otherwise result in side-to-side wobble sooften noted in travel baggage and the like.

Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of theimproved sports bag with chair device so that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated.

An object of the sports bag with chair device is to provide a sportsbag.

Another object of the sports bag with chair device is to provide a bagwith divided storage compartments.

A further object of the sports bag with chair device is to provide awheeled bag.

An added object of the sports bag with chair device is to provide achair affixed to the bag.

And, an object of the sports bag with chair device is to provide a chairthat can selectively pivot outwardly from the bag.

Still another object of the sports bag with chair device is to providefor reclined seating.

And, an object of the sports bag with chair device is to provide a chairthat does not position a user atop the device.

Still a further object of the sports bag with chair device is to providefor the device to stand on its own.

These together with additional objects, features and advantages of theimproved sports bag with chair device will be readily apparent to thoseof ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detaileddescription of presently preferred, but nonetheless illustrative,embodiments of the improved sports bag with chair device when taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective rear view, a chair pivoted outwardly.

FIG. 2 is a perspective front view, the chair pivoted outwardly.

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view.

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view, the chair pivoted outwardly andemploying the 100+ degrees of pivot angle.

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular FIGS. 1 through 5thereof, the principles and concepts of the sports bag with chair devicegenerally designated by the reference number 10 will be described.

The device 10 partially comprises a rigid front 20. The device 10further comprises a pliable rear 21 connected to the rigid front 20, atop 22 spaced apart from a bottom 23, and a pair of spaced apart sides24. The device further comprises a taper 22A is disposed upwardly on thepliable rear 1.

An upwardly tapered rigid side panel 26 is disposed on each side 24. Theupwardly tapered rigid side panels 26 extend upwardly from the bottom 23to proximal to the top 22.

A pivoted rear support 29 is affixed to each upwardly tapered rigid sidepanel 26. A frictional tip 29A is disposed distally on each pivoted rearsupport 29.

A top handle 28 is disposed on the pliable rear 21 top 22. A pair ofspaced apart wheels 30 is disposed forwardly on the rigid front 20bottom 23.

An upper compartment 32 is disposed upwardly within the pliable rear 21.A lower compartment 34 is disposed rearwardly and downwardly within thepliable rear 21. A top compartment 37 is disposed within the rigid front20 top 22. A closure 39 selectively closes each compartment.

A side handle 36 is disposed on each side 24 of the pliable rear 21. Theside handles 36 are attached above and below a midpoint of the lowercompartment 34.

A recess 38 is disposed about midway within the rigid front 20. Apivoted chair 40 is disposed within the recess 38. The pivoted chair 40is selectively positioned within and without the recess 38 and ispivoted upwardly when installed in the recess 38. The pivoted chair 40is configured to pivot outwardly to a pivot angle 44 of about 100-110degrees relative to the front 20.

A pair of spaced apart telescopic legs 42 is pivotally affixed distallyand downwardly on the pivoted chair 40 so that the pivoted chair 40 issupported in the downward position.

When the chair 40 is in a horizontal position, the front 20 has the top22 tilted backward. The chair 40 in-use position pivoted and down hasthe pivoted rear supports 29 pivoted down so the frictional tips 29Acontact the surface upon which the sports bag 10 rests to preventtipping of the sports bag 10 when the chair 40 is in use.

Directional terms such as “front”, “back”, “in”, “out”, “downward”,“upper”, “lower”, and the like may have been used in the description.These terms are applicable to the embodiments shown and described inconjunction with the drawings. These terms are merely used for thepurpose of description in connection with the drawings and do notnecessarily apply to the position in which the sports bag with chairdevice may be used.

What is claimed is:
 1. A sports bag with chair device comprising: arigid front spaced connected to a pliable rear, a top spaced apart froma bottom, and a pair of spaced apart sides; a taper disposed upwardly onthe pliable rear; an upwardly tapered rigid side panel disposed on eachside, the upwardly tapered rigid side panels extended upwardly from thebottom to proximal to the top; a pivoted rear support affixed to eachupwardly tapered rigid side panel; a frictional tip disposed distally oneach pivoted rear support; a plurality of spaced apart wheels disposedon the bottom, the wheels extended forwardly from the front; an uppercompartment disposed upwardly within the pliable rear top; a lowercompartment disposed rearwardly and downwardly within the pliable rear;a top compartment disposed within the rigid front top; a closureselectively closing each compartment; a side handle disposed on eachside of the pliable rear, the side handles aligned at about a midpointof the lower compartment; a recess disposed about midway within therigid front; a pivoted chair disposed within the recess, the pivotedchair selectively positioned within and without the recess; a pair ofspaced apart telescopic legs pivotally affixed distally and downwardlyon the pivoted chair; a pair of spaced apart wheels disposed forwardlyfrom the rigid front bottom.
 2. A sports bag with chair devicecomprising, in combination: a rigid front spaced connected to a pliablerear, a top spaced apart from a bottom, and a pair of spaced apartsides; a taper disposed upwardly on the pliable rear; an upwardlytapered rigid side panel disposed on each side, the upwardly taperedrigid side panels extended upwardly from the bottom to proximal to thetop; a pivoted rear support affixed to each upwardly tapered rigid sidepanel; a frictional tip disposed distally on each pivoted rear support;a pair of spaced apart wheels disposed on the bottom, the wheelsextended forwardly from the front; an upper compartment disposedupwardly within the pliable rear top; a lower compartment disposedrearwardly and downwardly within the pliable rear; a top compartmentdisposed within the rigid front top; a closure selectively closing eachcompartment; a side handle disposed on each side of the pliable rear,the side handles aligned at about a midpoint of the lower compartment; arecess disposed about midway within the rigid front; a pivoted chairdisposed within the recess, the pivoted chair selectively positionedwithin and without the recess, the pivoted chair selectively positionedwithin and without the recess, the chair configured to pivot outwardlyto a pivot angle of about 100-110 degrees relative to the front; a pairof spaced apart telescopic legs pivotally affixed distally anddownwardly on the pivoted chair.